Steve Roach & Byron Metcalf - Nada Terma (CD)

Release Date: 10/21/08

A continuous flow in seven parts, merging the boundaries of ambient, world music and sacred-meditative styles.

A continuous flow in seven parts.Nada Terma merges the boundaries of ambient, world music and sacred-meditative styles. On Nada Terma(translated as “discovering spiritual treasures through the world of sound”) East Indian tonalities blend with Sufi-like trance percussion immersed in atmospheres, drifts and drones, arriving at a state of relaxed, focused awareness. The continuously-woven 73-minute piece is sequenced into seven discrete segments, perfect for yoga, contemplation and bodywork.

Nada Terma is the second Projekt collaboration between Arizona’s Steve Roach and Byron Metcalf with Germany’s Mark Seelig. On Nada Termathey reach deeper into the mystical/ spiritual realm, presenting a blend of diverse worlds skillfully combined in an organic fashion. Deep-trance frame drums, clay pots and percussion meet with harmonic overtone vocals (akin to Tuvan throat singers) and the yearning sounds of the stringed Indian Dilruba, and East Indian bansuri flute, bringing a melodic and spiritual-contemplative highlight to the release. All of this exists within an enigmatic world of shadow and shifting light developed by way of artful enhancements and processing of the acoustic instruments. These complements are part of a constant, slowly breathing subtext of drones and atmospheres in which the entire experience lives.

Nada Termawill appeal to any listener looking for extended states of awareness, creative enhancement, yoga, bodywork, and deep listening.

CD in 4-panel digipak.